General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£51,058	-1.13%	16,050 17.34%	5,729
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-3.57%	12,224 13.20%	3,943
Analytical Skills	25	Down -17 places-17	£54,808	-0.34%	4,848 5.24%	2,176
Marketing	33	Down -8 places-8	£47,500	-9.52%	4,082 4.41%	1,639
Public Sector	40	Up 41 places+41	£60,000	-	3,406 3.68%	1,128
Manufacturing	45	Down -21 places-21	£47,500	-	2,931 3.17%	1,090
Retail	46	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	+22.22%	2,876 3.11%	1,144
Inclusion and Diversity	59	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	-	2,477 2.68%	749
Law	62	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+13.20%	2,421 2.61%	532
Legal	69	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+8.33%	2,193 2.37%	924
Banking	85	Down -53 places-53	£85,000	+6.25%	1,810 1.96%	496
Organisational Skills	90	Up 15 places+15	£38,000	-5.00%	1,768 1.91%	885
Telecoms	104	Up 28 places+28	£43,500	+2.35%	1,605 1.73%	629
Games	135	Up 65 places+65	£50,000	+5.26%	1,303 1.41%	299
Electronics	159	Down -97 places-97	£52,500	-8.69%	1,148 1.24%	378
Aerospace	189	Up 133 places+133	£55,000	+0.37%	983 1.06%	358
Influencing Skills	197	Up 51 places+51	£70,932	+9.12%	944 1.02%	400
Automotive	210	Up 114 places+114	£50,000	-0.10%	870 0.94%	317
Presentation Skills	226	Down -110 places-110	£57,500	-	784 0.85%	557
Advertising	261	Down -60 places-60	£47,500	-9.52%	676 0.73%	218
Local Government	298	Up 66 places+66	£52,500	+5.00%	585 0.63%	266
Pharmaceutical	304	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	+20.00%	569 0.61%	179
Back Office	365	Up 72 places+72	£55,000	-24.13%	450 0.49%	95
Documentation Skills	371	Up 47 places+47	£52,500	-4.54%	434 0.47%	184
Financial Institution	377	Down -141 places-141	£85,000	+3.03%	423 0.46%	149
Billing	394	Up 69 places+69	£43,750	-10.25%	395 0.43%	230
Aviation	418	Up 94 places+94	£65,000	+36.31%	362 0.39%	105
Military	420	Down -42 places-42	£42,500	-19.04%	358 0.39%	183
Front Office	431	Down -245 places-245	£100,000	-13.04%	338 0.37%	72
Multimedia	452	Up 151 places+151	£30,500	-15.27%	307 0.33%	314
French Language	463	Down -121 places-121	£45,000	-30.76%	290 0.31%	75
German Language	485	Down -160 places-160	£40,000	-41.81%	260 0.28%	115
Legal Technology	523	Up 51 places+51	£80,000	+25.00%	218 0.24%	70
Health Technology	524	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-6.97%	217 0.23%	52
Publishing	561	Down -92 places-92	£50,000	-21.87%	178 0.19%	75
Investment Banking	565	Down -259 places-259	£90,500	-19.55%	174 0.19%	69
Social Housing	589	Up 40 places+40	£55,000	+22.22%	150 0.16%	67
Spanish Language	603	Up 12 places+12	£54,000	+2.85%	136 0.15%	42
Tech for Good	621	Down -94 places-94	£69,000	+7.81%	118 0.13%	24
Agriculture	633	Down -21 places-21	£43,500	-33.07%	106 0.11%	30
Police	635	Down -91 places-91	£58,728	+14.03%	104 0.11%	57
Digital Health	643	Down -8 places-8	£52,500	-19.23%	96 0.10%	34
Digital Healthcare	652	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-7.69%	87 0.094%	20
Portuguese Language	654	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+106.89%	85 0.092%	14
Dutch Language	659	Down -223 places-223	£35,000	-	80 0.086%	20
General Ledger	660	Down -53 places-53	£63,000	-1.17%	79 0.085%	52
Brand Awareness	660	Down -59 places-59	£55,000	+46.66%	79 0.085%	36
Fire and Rescue	661	Down -37 places-37	£55,000	+36.82%	78 0.084%	43
Italian Language	665	Down -37 places-37	£56,200	-22.48%	74 0.080%	30
Mandarin Language	669	Down -52 places-52	£47,500	-17.39%	70 0.076%	28